Fountain



UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

FRIDOLIN PASOALAR, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

FOUNTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,146, dated May 17,1892.

Application filed March 21, 1892. Serial No. 425,744. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRIDoLIN PASCALAR, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fountain,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in fountains, and has for itsobject to provide a fountain especially adapted for use in churches andother places as a receptacle for and a distributor of holy water.

The object of the invention is to provide a fountain capable of beingplainly made or elaboratelyfinished and which will be simple, durable,and economic, and so constructed that from a storage-reservoir waterwill be constantly supplied to the distributingfount as long as thestorage-receptacle contains anyliquid whatever, thus providing afountain in which a large amount of water may be held in reserve and thewater be presented for use in small yet adequate quantities, effectuallypreventing a waste.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the improved fountain,said section being taken practically on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fountain.

In carrying out'the invention an open vase 10, of any approved formationor made from any suitable material, is formed at the lower portion of abracket 11, the said bracket being adapted for engagement with a wall orother proper support. The vase 10 is adapted to constitute a fountainfor the reception of water. Therefore it is open at the top in orderthat its contents may be readily removed in proper quantities, and inaddition to the vase or fount 10 a storage receptacle 12 is employed.This storage-receptacle may be of any suitable or approved shape andmade from any desired material. It is closed at its upper end and openat its lower end, and the said storage-receptacle is preferably made inthe shape of a bottle, the mouth 13, however,

being at the lower end instead of at the upper end, and the back of thestorage-receptacle is made flat and has formed thereon one or moretongues 14, preferably dovetail shape in cross-section. Ordinarily butone tongue is sufficient, and it is located at the center of the back.

. When the back of the storage-receptacle is flat, the front of thebracket 11 is constructed in like manner, and in the front face of thebracket grooves 15 are produced corresponding in number and incross-sectional shape to the tongues 14 on the storage-receptacle. Thegrooves 15 extend through the top of the bracket, but terminate aproperdistance above the vase or fount 10.

In operation a suitable quantity of wateris first placed in the vase orfount 10. The storage-receptacle is then filled, and while the mouththereof is held closed by the palm of the hand,for instance, or by anyconvenient or suitable medium the storage-receptacle is reversed, so asto bring the mouth downward, and the rib of said receptacle is enteredinto the groove in the bracket. When the rib or tongue upon thereceptacle has reached the bottom of the groove in the bracket, themouth of the receptacle will have entered the water in the vase or fountand will extend slightly below the level thereof, and it is apparentthat as the water is removed from the fount that contained in thestorage-receptacle will supply the deficiency, the Water runningfrom thestorage-receptacle until the proper level in the fount or vase shallhave been obtained; at which time the supply will cease.

I desire it to be distinctly understood that other means maybe employedfor removably attachingthe storage-receptacle to the bracket of thefount or vaseas, for instance, bands may be attached to the bracket intowhich age-receptacle closed at its top and open at its lower end andprovided with a rib adapted to enter the dovetail slot in the bracketand corresponding in crossseotional shape therewith, the lower open endof the storage-receptacle being entered into the vase some distancebelow the top thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

FRIDOLIN PASOALAR.

Witnesses:

HERBERT REGENBOGEN, GEO. MESSMER.

